Olth is coming

May 15, 2023 by David Norman

Olth releases on June 1st and you’re gonna lose your shit. Yep, just poopoo right in those pants. I foresmell the future. Music video for “screamO sucks” tomorrow on Brooklyn Vegan.

Zmar reminder! This stellar 12” gatefold features a member of Nulajednanulanula!!! Blackened screamo perfection <3

There was a massive distro update including things from The Vault (old ZBR stuff that was sold out), Le Blast, the new Nidare 12”LP, and more. It should also be noted that we’ve started putting some of our physical products on Bandcamp with a lot of success so you’ll find our stuff there in the future for new releases. I’ve posted a few of the ones I’d be drooling over below but everything else can be found under this tab.

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NIDARE - Von Wegen (12")

CA$32.50

For fans of: Hope Drone, Rha., Nic (the band with no name) and Niboowin.

Imported from Germany because this album fucking rules, we managed to snag a bunch of the rare/gorgeous merge! Amazing blackened screamo! Released on Through Love Records.

12” on white/black bone merge vinyl with screen-printed outer sleeve /100. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://throughloverec.bandcamp.com/album/von-wegen-2

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POOLSIDE AT THE FLAMINGO - This Will End Badly... (cassette)

CA$10.00

For fans of: Ed Gein and Robinson.

Screamy/ridiculous math-grind ala Robinson, Brazen Bull, Ed Gein, etc.

Red tape in a clear case. 14 songs.

Listen here:
https://poolsideattheflamingo.bandcamp.com/album/this-will-end-badly

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COARSE - Course (alternate cover 7")

CA$20.00

Recovered from the archives, we have the last alternate 7” cover on sparkle paper /20!!!

COARSE - I 7"EP (ZBR124)

For fans of: Norma Jean, Botch and Vein.

Mathy metalcore straight from the womb of Norma Jean. COARSE are an intense and pummeling onslaught from drummer/vocalist Brandon (ex-Old Wounds) and guitarist/vocalist Ryan (ex-Capsize) and this is their absolutely ridiculous debut 7"EP, complete with six phenomenal mindfucks. All pre-orders from ZBR come with a free COARSE sticker and Zegema Beach Records sticker.

7" vinyl on black /300 with a two-sided insert and sticker. Download code included. 6 tracks.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i

ONE EYED GOD PROPHECY - One Eyed God Prophecy (cassette)

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ONE EYED GOD PROPHECY - One Eyed God Prophecy (cassette)

CA$20.00

For fans of: Orchid and Carol.

Released on No Funeral. /5 or 10 or something crazy!!!

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INFANT ISLAND - Beneath (12")

CA$30.00 CA$40.00

For fans of: Ostraca and Frail Body.

INFANT ISLAND’s second LP is a goddamned behemoth. New drummer. Lots of darkness. Way heavier. Noise interludes. Released on Dog Knight Productions. Inner sleeve rip.

12” on clear blue vinyl with lyric insert. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://dogknightsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/dk141-infant-island-beneath-lp

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REVERSAL OF MAN - Nothing More Nothing Less (3x12")

from CA$46.00

REVERSAL OF MAN ‘Nothing More Nothing Less’ 3XLP Full Discography

Repeater Records – REP007

Packaged in a full color triple gatefold with a 44-page booklet with original art and photos from the beginning to the end and a digital download.

THIS-> 300 – Yellow vinyl with red splatter LAST COPY!!!!

700 – Yellow, Black, Red vinyl

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Yuki (foreverwewillmissyou) is out and we’re down to our last 3 gold copies in this store, linked below. Tomb Tree has a line of ridiculous stuff coming out in the next few months so snag this before they sell out…cuz they will.

YUKI (foreverwewillmissyou) - Time doesn't heal all wounds pt.2 (cassette)

CA$12.50

YUKI (foreverwewillmissyou) ‘Time doesn’t heal all wounds pt.2’ cassette EP (TT097)

For fans of: People’s Temple Project, Pique, Raining, and A Paramount A Love Supreme.

An incredible, self-recorded, solo project from Portland named YUKI (foreverwewillmissyou) came to us with this EP and we were floored. With an obvious ear for melody and discordance, these five semi-lo-fi songs play off the juxtaposition of ugly and beauty. This limited to /20 release were all dubbed from CD to cassette at the ZBR house, a first-ever. Housed in either a pillow box or gold bag with numbered insert. Truly a testament to the love of screamo.

Tapes /20, 10 on swirl in a pillow box, 10 on opaque in gold bag, all w/numbered insert. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/time-doesn-t-heal-all-wounds-pt-2

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Mathcore Index’ Mathcast rained love down upon us along with Lucidity and the Yashira+Horsewhip split 7”. These podcasts rule and I always find out about new bands.

Edie from Middle Man Records and Coma Regalia needs your support to help their child with the costs of a liver transplant. Truly horrific circumstances that hopefully will be remedied soon. If you’d like you could also support them through Middle Man Records directly by purchasing music digitally/physically. We wish Bodhi the best! Click on this text or the pic to jump to the gofundme.

Screamo Index did a sick interview with Jeromes Dream right before their record dropped and they ruined us at ZBR Fest 2023. Check it out!!!

CanaDave’s Softseed Music label helped release this split between No Action and Amid The Old Wounds, so check out this new video showing the artwork process (kinda like the Nhomme music video!!!) and acts as a music video for the Amid The Old Wounds jam. Gorgeous!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: NIDARE = Been eagerly anticipating our copies, find out why!

2023 - 04 - 17 /// ZBR Fest Single Day dwindling!

April 17, 2023 by David Norman

ZBR Fest two-day passes have been sold out for a minute, and as we draw closer to the fest the single-days are starting to dwindle so if you’re interested snag one asap. Super stoked to see everyone there in Total Recall + Barenaked Ladies!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the Official ZBR Fest site where you can get some tickets or just peruse the bands and jam some tunes.

The first and only single from the upcoming Taubenhund EP ‘A Collection of Highly Unlikely Collaborations‘ just premiered on Not Just A Phase. "Even an Insect Can Dream of playing God" features Sammy from Warren of Ohms on vocals and it's an absolute banger. Also featured are members of Burial Etiquette, meißel, Apostles of Eris, Мятеж, Armagideon Time, In Wolves' Clothing, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Letterbombs, and that’s just some of them lol! Full release on Wednesday via Tomb Tree at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST which are obviously sold exclusively in our ZBR stores. Click on this text or the pic below to go to the premiere post.

Ex-Smile To The Wind heroes Lucidity were on the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) podcast, right in time cuz we’re down to less than 20 copies! Click on the text for the full post with links, etc.

Vientre and Mico have a US tour that slingshots from our very own fest. We’ve heard that they put on a ridiculously amazing show so we couldn’t be more stoked! Click on the pic below or this text to go to the Brooklyn Vegan post about it.

Today’s Hiding In the Outpost (aka our last copy of something):

After posting the Out Past the Rings video from Dim Into Dross and swirling the last three international store copies, low and behold I’m down to the last one. Only 3 exist, will not be released again!

now sold out:
Foxmoulder discography cassette (a few No Funeral copies remain!)
Vi Som Alskade + They Sleep We Live split 7”
Euth 12”LP
Terry Green + Huge Cosmic split

DIM INTO DROSS - Specters of Indifference (cassette)

CA$10.00

DIM INTO DROSS - Specters of Indifference (cassette) (ZBR148)

For fans of: Massa Nera, Tera Melos, Bury Yourself and Capsule

***THESE LAST 3 COPIES COME SWIRLED!!!!*All over the place without ever losing the groove, members of Massa Nera, Invalids and Bury Yourself release a furious debut full length. Brimming with caustic riffs that successfully straddle the line between technical and memorable.

Black/White cassettes with O-card and lyric book /60. 10 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/specters-of-indifference

Operation X-Ray 92 was the host to a helluva night recently where they played Life In Vacuum, Nerver, Lorne Malvo, Letterbombs and Hetta!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CAPRICE GLAIREUX = Ridiculous jazz-fusion/screamo? Fuck to the yes!!!

2023 - 04 - 07 /// ZBR shirts and Life for sale!

April 07, 2023 by David Norman

Life’s ‘Demo 3’ is here! 250 orange 12”s of our absolute favorite of their material thus far.

Zegema Beach Records Fest 2023 shirts are upon us! Made-to-order with a closing date of this Sunday April 10th at 7am PST / 9am CST / 10am EST. You can get them shipped out or if you come to the fest we’ll just refund your shipping and bring them to you there. The U.S.A. store link can be accessed by clicking on this text, and the Canada/International is embedded below.

On Monday April 10th we’ll be releasing the incredible 4-way split between Alas, Hetta, Apostles Of Eris and Letterbombs. Below are the variants. Click on this text to go to the Brooklyn Vegan premiere for one of the Hetta songs!

Operation X-Ray is finally back, oh thank god. Played in this episode were Lucidity and Olth amongst a plethora of other incredible bands.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: IT’S ALL QUIET HERE = This debut EP from members of Coma Regalia, Massa Nera, Under His Eye, etc.

2023 - 03 - 29 /// Zaffle raffle tickets

March 29, 2023 by David Norman

What is the Zaffle? The Zaffle is a raffle contest where you can buy tickets to win 12” mages, 7” mages, stupid fancy vinyl, 12” handmades, and then 12” and 7” test presses (raffled off in that order). Once you win something, the rest of your ballots will be removed. The tickets are open to purchase now (linked under this text) and close on Sunday at 6pm PST when the draw is held live on instagram. Winners will be contacted by email and only pay shipping UNLESS you are coming to ZBR Fest in which case you will not be charged shipping and can just pick it up there.

What is The Vault? This will be a product page of out-of-print stuff and rare stuff that includes all of the cassettes, maybe some cds, as well as 12”, 10”, 7”, and 5” vinyl. These things will just be posted as regular products in a new tab (at the top of this page next to “Zegema Beach Releases”) that will appear on Saturday April 1st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and will close on Sunday at 12am PST, with the tab becoming inactive.

Want some more pics? Sure, here you go.

CanaDave did the final Out Past the Rings for one of his own projects, the last мятеж release ‘Riot/Mutiny’. A single dipped tape will be going up in The Vault this Saturday if you want a shot at something that’s been sold out for almost 4 years.

***CanaDave forgot to mention a few things, primarily about the opening track “June and July, Life Over Die” was originally recorded as part of the 4-song demo that was dispersed over some comps. I always knew my vocals could be better than the original and Jesse helped elevate the song to what we did live with dual vocals, as it was probably our favorite live jam. The song is about overcoming alcoholism. “Redacted” also has Jesse doing vocals who nailed the super gutteral stuff at the beginning of the song. The death of this band led to me officially joining Jesse as a vocalist for Apostles Of Eris.

Idioteq.com did a piece on the phenomenal Lucidity 12” that we released on Monday. Keep those reviews going and we’ll post’em here! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. 12”s are running low!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KOLLAPS/E = I was sent this Swedish band’s stuff to review and I really fell in love with awesome, crusty, epic, doomy, crushing post-hardcore/metal.

2023 - 03 - 28 /// Life's Demo 3 on Friday!

March 28, 2023 by David Norman

Life’s groundbreaking ‘Demo 3’ was released back in 2020 but finally sees the light of day on beautiful orange 12”s this Friday! We’ve got the majority of the copies, and you’ll find more at Larry Records, Icorrupt Records, and Voice Of The Unheard Records. More info and proper promo pics coming soon!

Lucidity took off as we were hoping. It’s just so fucking good. We sold well over 50% in 24 hours (more like 75%) so don’t expect them to hang around much longer!

Alright so looks like Saturday April 1st and Sunday April 2nd will be the official two days that THE VAULT will be open for. It will end at 6pm PST on April 2nd when CanaDave will host the first and likely last ZBR Zaffle (that’s raffle with a Z and yes it does look stupid). THE VAULT will contain lots of long sold out ZBR stuff including super rare stuff that Dave was unnecessarily holding onto (including cassette test dips), while the raffle will include all of the golden items like test presses, handmade records, and wax mages. Raffle tickets go on sale tomorrow!!! Here are a few pics of some of the stuff…

Lucidity was posted about on Stereogum mere hours after it’s release. Probably 1) because it’s so sick and 2) because it’s so short, lol. Seriously though every song slaps and the records look incredible. Plus they’re limited to just 100! So many reasons. Click on the pic below or this text to go to the review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MIS SUEÑOS SON DE TU ADIÓS = Enzo came out with another emo-violence collection of awesomeness. 3 new jams, all sick.